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By the report, it appeared that 



The number of Societies and individuals upon our Foreign List of Ex- 

 changes is, at present, 196; on the Home List, 82 — 278 in all. During 

 1873, 12 were added to the Foreign List, and 5 or 6 to the Home List. 



In July last, No. i of vol. iii. of the Transactions was issued from the 

 press, and immediately distributed to foreign correspondents, through the 

 Smithsonian Institution, and to home correspondents (including Canada 

 and Mexico), through the mail. 



During the year, a full set of our Transactions has been sent to each of 

 the following new correspondents, which have been added to the lists : 



1. The Astronomical Observatory at Leiden. 



2. The Royal Institut de Gdologie de Hongrie. 



3. La Socidte Entomologique de Belgique. 



4 La Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica, Mexico. 



5. L'Observatoire Imperial de Rio Janeiro. 



6. The Chicago Public Library. 



7. The Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. 



No. I of vol. iii. Transactions has been sent to the Academy of Sciences 

 of Paris, France, by order of the Academy, with an oft'er to exchange pub- 

 lications, and to send a full set, if accepted. 



Eighteen numbers of the Transactions have been sold for $18.50. 



Two extra copies were sent to the 



1. Royal Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. 



2. Royal Academy of Sciences of Munich. 



3. Royal Academy of Sciences of Vienna. 



4. And 10 extra copies to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 



for distribution at discretion. 



We have received publications in exchange, during the year, from 89 

 Foreign Societies, and from 24 Home Societies, on our List of Exchanges, 

 and also donations of 64 volumes and pamphlet publications from about 

 50 individual donors, not upon the regular List of Exchanges. 



From these Foreign Societies we have received about 480 volumes and 

 numbers, and from the Home Societies on the list, about 80 volumes and 

 numbers ; making approximately, a total of — Foreign 480, Home 80, Indi- 

 viduals 64 — 624 volumes and numbers as an addition to the Library. 



And besides these some volumes and numbers have been directly pre- 

 sented at the meetings of the Academy, which are not entered on my 

 record, but go directly to the Librarian. 



The number of corresponding members on our list (and still living so 

 far as can be ascertained) is 115, of which three have been elected during 

 the past year. The number already marked deceased is 30. 



Of No. I of vol. iii. of the Transactions, there have been distributed 

 through the Corresponding Secretary, to exchanges 279 copies, extras 16, 

 — total 295. Copies sold, of all numbers, 18 — total disposed of 313. Full 

 sets donated to new Societies, 7 equal to 56 numbers — grand total (nearly) 

 369 numbers. 



